Tracing Cook’s footsteps
Tracing Cook’s footsteps
Just before Covid-19 struck, my wife Polly and I boarded the Caledonian Sky, a small cruise ship with a maximum of 120 passengers, in Milford Sound.
Life & Style
SUBSCRIBER
Poor excuses for poverty
SUBSCRIBER
Poor excuses for poverty
One child in eight lives in poverty in this country. Bruce Munro asks Max Rashbrooke how this happened, why middle NZ is key to changing it and how a kid from a wealthy suburb became the go-to guy on poverty.
Of planets and lunations
Of planets and lunations
The moon was new at 1.44pm on Friday. That moment marked the commencement of lunation number 1264.
Parting the waters
Parting the waters
Reed waka were essential for life in the south, writes Seán Brosnahan.
The world in its best light
The world in its best light
Photography is a colonial art form, historically feared by Māori people.
Mainland island welcomes tīeke
Mainland island welcomes tīeke
Māui’s fingerprints are all over Orokonui’s newest inhabitants, Madison Kelly writes.
Less waste is definitely more
Less waste is definitely more
Our food scraps need not be wasted.
A cure for ageing
A cure for ageing
The latest "fountain of youth" pill is working on mice, but the scientists warn humans to approach with caution, David Cox writes.
Watching goes both ways
Watching goes both ways
Too much watching tips over into paranoia, Eva Wiseman writes.
Old names for inequality
Old names for inequality
When the Marsden Fund was established in 1994, the government designed it "to fund excellent fundamental research".
An accidental moonset
An accidental moonset
For astronomers like me, the period near full moon is an excuse to be anywhere but beneath its glare.
Artist paints new home with curious eye
Artist paints new home with curious eye
Arriving in 19th century Dunedin, a British artist was open to her new surroundings, writes Lucy Hammonds.
Sleeping [not] like a baby
Sleeping [not] like a baby
There’s no buttering up your baby, write Karleen Gribble, Naomi Hull and Nina Jane Chad.
SUBSCRIBER
Separating tall tales from true
SUBSCRIBER
Separating tall tales from true
He was notorious for telling tall tales. So who, really, was Otago’s first harbour pilot, Richard Driver? Bruce Munro talks to two of Driver’s descendants.
Box on into the new year
Box on into the new year
This is an ideal exercise to let off steam, release any frustrations and reduce stress.
Retirement gift shows us a moment in time
Retirement gift shows us a moment in time
A parting gift captured a moment in time at Oamaru’s post office, writes Elly Dunckley.
Pride in part in revealing domestic chicken story
Pride in part in revealing domestic chicken story
When a new law was introduced not long ago that banned battery hens, there was a shortage of eggs.
Exploring Gemini
Exploring Gemini
This week, I invite you on a journey through the constellation Gemini, the Twins.
Kāi Tahu holds strong to right to invite PM
Kāi Tahu holds strong to right to invite PM
Dame Naida Glavish had a crack at our iwi for hosting the Prime Minister on Waitangi Day on Banks Peninsula at Ōnuku, saying we were being used so he could avoid going to Waitangi.
SUBSCRIBER
Joining the dance
SUBSCRIBER
Joining the dance
The cover art for Nadia Reid’s new album has the singer-songwriter still dressed in Dunedin black but contemplating a brighter palette.
